A woman who plunged from a multi-storey car park in Cambridge could have lay dying unnoticed for hours before being discovered – triggering calls for a safety review.

Medics fought to save the woman’s life after she was found with multiple injuries in a narrow alleyway between Queen Anne Terrace car park and the YMCA at about 9am on Thursday.

She was only found after two car park customers spotted her lying on the paving stones and called 999.

The woman, believed to be in her 30s, was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital but died in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Questions over safety barriers at the car park have now been raised.

Cllr Kevin Blencowe, who represents Petersfield on the city council, said: “I used to work at the YMCA for several years when there was a similar incident. Clearly our thoughts are with the family of the woman at this time but I think we should reflect on anything that could have been done to save her.

“Whether we can prevent something like this happening again I don’t know but we could certainly look at it.

“This could have happened in the middle of the night and if she was found earlier maybe she could have been saved. I am sure the inquest will tell us what happened.”

A council spokesman said: “We believe this tragic incident was witnessed by a member of the public who immediately contacted the emergency services. The CCTV service helped the police to manage the incident and we are also following procedures in relation to any health and safety issues arising from this.”

Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious and would be passed to the coroner.